Stephen McGinn

Stephen McGinn is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Born on 2 December 1988, he came through the youth system at St Mirren, signed professional forms in July 2006 and made his debut as a substitute on 1 January 2007. He moved to Watford in 2010, was out for a long spell with a knee ligament injury, and later played for Sheffield United, Dundee and Wycombe Wanderers before returning to St Mirren in 2017, where he captained the side to the Scottish Championship title in 2017-18. After spells with Hibernian and Morton he won the Scottish Championship again with Kilmarnock in 2021-22, then captained Falkirk through an unbeaten 2023-24 Scottish League One campaign and retired from playing. He also represented Scotland at under-19 and under-21 level, and has since worked as a youth coach at St Mirren and as first-team coach at Falkirk.